113 SRES 520 IS: Condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and expressing condolences to the families of the victims. U.S. Senate2014-07-24text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.III113th CONGRESS2d SessionS. RES. 520IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJuly 24, 2014Mr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign RelationsRESOLUTIONCondemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and expressing condolences to the families of
the victims. Whereas, on July 17, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 tragically crashed in eastern Ukraine,
killing all 298 passengers and crew, including 80 children;Whereas President Barack Obama has offered President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko all possible
assistance to determine the cause of the crash, including the services of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the National Transportation
Safety Board;Whereas intelligence analysis shows that the plane was shot down by an antiaircraft missile fired
from an area controlled by pro-Russian separatists;Whereas separatists have shot down 10 additional aircraft and took credit for shooting down another
aircraft at approximately the same time as Malaysian Airlines Flight 17
crashed in eastern Ukraine;Whereas separatists blocked international experts from accessing the crash site in the first 72
hours, preventing the proper care of the victims’ bodies and allowing
evidence from the crash to be removed and mishandled;Whereas weapons and fighters have continued to flow across the border from the Russian Federation
to eastern Ukraine, and there is evidence that the Government of the
Russian Federation has been providing training to separatists fighters,
including training on air defense systems;Whereas this tragic incident has demonstrated that European and other foreign citizens are at risk
from dangerous instability in Ukraine;Whereas, on July 21, 2014, the United Nations Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the
downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 and demanded that those
responsible be held to account and that all states fully cooperate with
efforts to establish accountability;Whereas British Prime Minister David Cameron asserted, Russia cannot expect to continue enjoying access to European markets, European capital and European
knowledge and technical expertise while she fuels conflict in one of
Europe’s neighbors.; andWhereas the United States Government has continued to implement sanctions against Russian and
Ukrainian individuals responsible for destabilizing Ukraine and failing to
end the violence: Now, therefore, be itThat the Senate—(1)condemns the shooting down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 in Eastern Ukraine that resulted in the
deaths of all 298 passengers and crew;(2)expresses its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and the people of the Netherlands,
Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, Great Britain, Germany, Belgium, the
Philippines, Canada, and New Zealand;(3)supports the ongoing international investigation into the attack on Malaysian Airlines Flight 17,
including unobstructed access to the crash site;(4)calls on the Government of the Russian Federation to immediately stop the flow of weapons and
fighters across the border with Ukraine, allow an Organization for
Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitoring mission on the
border, and fully cooperate with the international investigation currently
underway; and(5)urges the European Union to join the United States Government in holding the Government of the
Russian Federation accountable for its destabilizing actions in Ukraine
through the use of increased sanctions.